glad to have been an inspiration girl, i like this one alot, good aperture contol going on and i like the selective colouring.. i hope you got lots of great shots! :-)
im sure your cousin was happy with what you did too.

What beautiful results on this touching image from both of you

just had in in the voting booth, too bad there is so much unnessecairy background in this, would have focused more on the subject, awesome idea and well done ......keep on clicking Roland

I don't see the background as unnecessary. I see it as the framing for the main subject in this case.

Very nice technique you've used for this nice photo. Blurred but not so much background with a very meaningful composition is great. Great wedding photo.

Tanju

The color desaturation treatment on the bouquet is very well done, with the red and green a standout as it is, but it's a wedding photo, fer cat's sake! If the rest of the shot had been cropped out it would simply have been a photo of a bouquet; the rest of the image gives meaning to the flowers. Also, the emphasis is still on the flowers anyway, by leaving the bride, groom, and far right background slightly out-of-focus, giving the focus to a single element of their special day. If there was a gallery for weddings, this one would be in the top ten. Good job.

-Nik

By the way, my wife really liked it too, and she's difficult to impress because she has very good taste... well... in art, dogs, and books anyway (maybe not so much in husbands). 8]

For your creative consideration..

"Forever Bloom" - Cropped


Cropping out the right-hand side.. does the above image still not say 'wedding'?

I would humbly suggest that it does.


And more so..

Given the pixelation/distortion in the right-hand side area that was cropped, it is now cleaner and much more professional looking in presentation. Which, your post processing (referencing the B & W, and selective colouring) most certainly.. was and still is now.

And losing that bright portion (our eyes are naturally drawn to the brightest area of an image) ... focus is actually put more and back on your subject matter/focal point.


Good good tonal range and I quite like the pop of colour(s) on the bride's bouquet.


Some more (unwanted? ... <--- I am teasing a bit here) advice..

"It's important to approach being critiqued in a non-defensive way, for that’s the only way to see things less subjectively. It's a wonderful gift to be able, however briefly, to see things from another's point of view…suspending the "buts" that always spring to mind!"

(Excerpt above taken from an article by Elizabeth Barton: "On the Art of the Critique".)


Be gracious.. and say thank you.

Save your 'buts' for your own reflection/introspection, after you've digested what someone else has said/stated.

You can always disagree, or agree. After all, it is just one other's person opinion. That's.. all.

That said..


I like that you captured a portion of the bride's smile and the groom's hand resting on her arm. Conveys and lends an appropriate amount of emotion and sentiment to your photo.

Nice work.

And but of course, thank you for sharing this one with us. :o)


p.s. Feel free to tell me to take a flying leap here. :oP

p.p.s. And more importantly, I linked to the cropped version to save your eyes some wear and tear. Me and words get along too too well at times. So.. if it bothers you that I altered/uploaded your image to my imageshack account (it is semi-private) ... just let me know, no questions asked ... down it comes.